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Gardens

Roses, roses, all the way Ursula Buchan It was hard to imagine what had pos- sessed the RNRS to let us hacks loose for a couple of hours in early July and, on the strength of......

Opera

Capriccio (Glyndebourne) Missing in action Michael Tanner E very now and then I come across an opera lover who has no time for Carmen, something I find incomprehensible. Even if......

Cinema

The Gingerbread Man (15, selected cinemas) Multi-layered hokum Mark Steyn I happened to be in a public library in Canada when a woman came in and asked for The Gingerbread Man......